Thursday, March 30, 2023

Turkey's parliament ratifies Finland's membership in NATO March 30, 2023 at 01:11PM

Alarmed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine a year ago, Finland and Sweden abandoned their decades-long policy of nonalignment and applied to join the alliance.

US slaps sanctions on man seeking to sell N.Korean arms to Russia March 30, 2023 at 06:30AM

The US has imposed sanctions on a Slovakian national, Ashot Mkrtychev, who attempted to broker the sale of 24 types of North Korean weapons and munitions to Russia, according to the Treasury Department. Kulibin, Mkrtychev's firm, allegedly negotiated the sale of the military equipment to Moscow to replace some of the vessels lost in Ukraine.

Immigrant acquitted in girl's 2006 murder that riveted Israel March 30, 2023 at 07:21AM

An Israeli court acquitted a Ukrainian immigrant, Roman Zdorov, of murdering a 13-year-old schoolgirl in 2006. Zdorov was convicted in 2010 and sentenced to life imprisonment, but his case was reopened in 2019 after doubts were cast on the forensic examination of evidence used against him. Zdorov had argued that he was coerced into confessing to the crime.

Casualties reported after Army helicopters crash in Kentucky March 30, 2023 at 03:18AM

The two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, part of the 101st Airborne Division, crashed around 10 p.m. Wednesday in Trigg County, Kentucky, according to a statement from Fort Campbell.

Report: Chinese state-sponsored hacking group highly active March 30, 2023 at 12:42AM

China renews warnings as Taiwan's Tsai stops over in US March 30, 2023 at 12:28AM